How to get to Tibet?
The capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR) is Lhasa. The distance between Lhasa Kongga International Airport and the city is 65 kilometers(40 miles). Currently, the airport operates flights to 47 domestic cities, such as Chengdu, Xi’an, Chongqing, Xining, Kunming, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. There is only one international flight operating between Lhasa and Kathmandu(Nepal). Most of foreign tourists fly to Lhasa from either Chengdu or Xi’an. However, more and more foreigners choose to travel to Tibet by train from either Xining or Xi’an or Chengdu.